There's no card packs, no real money involved at all. At the beginning of the mode you have a draft and have 3 players to choose from in each round (all of it random) and one "legend" at the end. I put quotes because some of the guys I have seen while good players were far from legends. But anyways you play a 4 game season and then a championship game and then the next season you start fresh again. It's a very quick game mode perfect for a weekend tourney with some buddies.